Sentence examples for scale of world from inspiring English sources

A lot of terrible things have happened in the last 10 years, but nothing on the scale of World War I.

Its persistence with a campaign to rein in prices, which cooled hopes for the scale of world growth, showed that the People's Bank of China views inflation as a bigger risk than an economic slowdown resulting from Japan's disaster.

At the same time, politicians are less likely to bow to activists' whims if these are not backed by an outraged citizenry.Bruno Torturra of Mídia Ninja, an activist news outlet, thinks the scale of World Cup protests will depend on how well the event is run, as well as on the performance of Brazil's team on the pitch.

We need a green energy moon shot and a bold national mobilization on the scale of World War II.

I read Journey to the End of the Night on the plane and thought about how banal my trip was compared to the relative scale of world travel.

I watched a media preview on Wednesday night and found that I remained stunned by the scope and scale of World of Color and impressed by the audacity of the original water show concept.

But that would weigh less than a flea in the scales of world influence.

And the only remedy anyone has come up with for fending off Great Depression II has been deficit spending on a scale reminiscent of World War II.

I understand now, in a way I never did before, the colossal scale of the world.

"The scale of the world, the amount of content we build is a major challenge," says a workflow engineer, Brandi House.

A calamity on the scale of the World Trade Center attack might burden taxpayers with 100 times the liabilities.